Boogert, Neeltje - University of Cambridge

个人简介

I am an Independent Research Fellow funded by the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO) in the School of Psychology & Neuroscience at the University of St. Andrews. I did my B.Sc. (2000-2003) and M.Sc. degrees (2003-2005) at Utrecht University in the Netherlands, my Ph.D. (2005-2010) at McGill University in Canada, and my first post-doc (2010-2012) at the University of St. Andrews in Scotland. I am now a visiting Research Fellow in this Department, hosted by Nick Davies.

研究领域

I am generally interested in the evolution of cognition and the developmental determinants of cognitive performance. Thus far I have studied quite a diverse array of topics, ranging from insect communication to bird song learning and mate choice for cognitive traits, the existence of a "general cognitive ability", to social learning and the spread of information through animal groups. I am currently focussing on how developmental factors affect (social) information use, social network positions and proxies of fitness. I greatly enjoy collaborating with researchers in the UK and abroad. I also enjoy teaching and mentoring students, and have taught courses at McGill University, Cambridge University and the University of St. Andrews

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Boogert, N.J., Zimmer, C. & Spencer, K.A. (2013) Pre-natal and post-natal stress affect social learning strategies, but in opposite directions. Biology Letters 9: 20121088. Zimmer, C., Boogert, N.J. & Spencer, K.A. (2013) Developmental programming: cumulative effects of increased pre-hatching corticosterone levels and post-hatching unpredictable food availability on physiology and behaviour in adulthood. Hormones and Behavior 64: 494-500. Boogert, N.J., Anderson, R.C., Peters, S., Searcy, W.A. & Nowicki, S. (2011) Song repertoire size in male song sparrows correlates with detour reaching, but not with other cognitive measures. Animal Behaviour 81: 1209-1216. Boogert, N.J., Fawcett, T.W. & Lefebvre, L. (2011) Mate choice for cognitive traits: a review of the evidence in non-human vertebrates. Behavioral Ecology 22: 447-459. Boogert, N.J., Giraldeau, L.-A. & Lefebvre, L. (2008) Song complexity correlates with learning ability in zebra finch males. Animal Behaviour 76: 1735-1741. Boogert, N. J., Reader, S. M., Hoppitt, W. & Laland, K. N. (2008) The origin and spread of innovations in starlings. Animal Behaviour 75: 1509-1518. Boogert, N. J., Reader, S. M. & Laland, K. N. (2006) The relation between social rank, neophobia and individual learning in starlings. Animal Behaviour 72: 1229-1239. Boogert, N. J., Patterson, D. M. & Laland, K. N. (2006) The implications of niche construction and ecosystem engineering for conservation biology. BioScience 56: 570-578.